Net Neutrality and RE: FCC's McDowell

[Tyler van Houwelingen]

Quite a stand up guy, that is very good to see on either side.  

The issue at its heart is really about network neutrality.  I got to tell
you, from the point of view of a network owner, network neutrality is pretty
scary.  Because you do not have infinite bandwidth, you really need to be
careful, especially with P2P apps.  Providers moving around HD videos can
use up YOUR entire network very fast.  It can cause other critical apps to
stop working.  If there is not an economic incentive to segment traffic
according to economic priority, you will always have problems.

There must be at least some money to be made by owning a network.  Even if
the networks are NOT FOR PROFIT, they still need to be able to support
themselves financially.   If not, muni Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks will hot be
built or are destined to fail.    You need an incentive to increase capacity
or overlay networks and break the duopoly.   

Shouldn't net neutrality also apply to mobile providers such as Sprint?  How
the heck to they do ANY of there premium services if it MUST be wide open?

ty



Tyler van Houwelingen
Founder and CEO
Azulstar, Inc.
1-877-AZULSTAR (main)
1-616-842-1104 (fax)
www.azulstar.com


-----Original Message-----
From: talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net
[mailto:talk-bounces at seattlewireless.net] On Behalf Of Gary
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 9:44 PM
To: talk at seattlewireless.net
Subject: FCC's McDowell Stands By Recusal on Merger Vote

This is from a few days ago but it's nice to see an FCC chairman with a 
conscience. See here; not all Republicans are bad. ;)
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/print.php/3649831

Has anyone heard if this deadlock's been broken? Also, what do folks 
here tend to read for wireless news? Wi-Fi Net News and W-Fi Planet seem 
pretty well rounded but at times sporadic. A mobile phone provider I 
worked for a few years ago used to sub to a pile of industry news 
services that I wish I still had access to. Perhaps I'm just not finding 
the right RSS feed. Any suggestions?

-Gary
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